Improved roller for wringers



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JOSEPH n. POND, OF'OLEVELAND, OHIO.

IMPROVED ROLLER FOR WRINGERS.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH F. POND, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State oi'Ohio, have invented new'and useful Improvements in Repairing` and Protecting India-Rubber Rollers for GlothesVVringers; and the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in Which- Figure l shows a longitudinal section of a roller covered With canvas. Fig. 2, shows an end view of the roller or a section through of canvas, rubber, and shaft. Fig. 3 shows also an end view of the roller with the cloth drawn over the end.

y invention consists in the application of can vas, cloth, or other materials for the purpose of repairing, covering, and protecting india rubber clotheswringer rollers, and to prevent the shaft from getting loose and turning in the roller.

To enable others skilled in the art to nake and apply my invention, I will descrile it more fully, referring to the drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The indiaerubberroller, such as is ordinarily used for clothes-wringers, is constructed with an iron shaft, A, on `which is a thick vulcanl ized india-rubber tube, C, the same being secured on the shaft A" and kept from moving endwise by collars otl metal, B B, one on each end, next the bearings of the shaft A A. NOW, when india-rubber rollers constructed as above described are used for the purpose ot' wringing, or, more properly speaking, pressing the Water out of garments made for Wearing-apparel, many Ot' which vhave metal buttons, and others hard material used for buttons, the tendency of which is to cut and tear the surface of the roller, and it is a Weltknown fact that vulcanized rubber can be easily eut when Wet, and when the Water is Warm and soapy it is easily cut or torn by hard substances, and by being compressed upon one side and Wrung upon the shaft it becomes expanded and loose, so that the shaft will turn in the rubber, and if there are rough projections or any ribs or anything protruding to act on .the rubber, it soon Wears off and the rollers of the wrin gers become useless.

By my invention or discovery india-rubber rollers used for the purpose of pressing the titer out ot' clothes can be repaired and made more durable than at first, by covering them with heavy stron g canvas, D, put cn tight, the ends being brought over and gathered in, as seen at the right-hand end ofthe roller in Fig. 1. Rollers made for Wiin gin g-niachnes can be protected and made much more durable by covering in this manner. When the canvas or cloth is wet, it contracts and becomes tighter than when it is dry. Thusit compresses the rubber and forces it the more tightly upon the shaft, so that there is no dan ger of it turning, and the periphery of the rollers are sufficiently protected against being cut, torn, or roughened up.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The application ot' canvas, cloth, orother material for the purpose of repairing, covering, and protecting torn, defaced, and solid india-rubber clotheswringer rollers, and to prevent the shaft from turning or getting loose in the roller, as and for the purpose herein set forth.

JOSEPH F. POND.

Wvitnesses EDM. F. BROWN, J. B. WOODRUFF. 

